Saw Till (in progress)

Hello all,

   Here is my current project. It is in pre-glue clamping/mock-up here.

Here it is hanging on french cleats after gluing just need to finish the drawer and finish it.

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Mini Saw Bent

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     Sorry this is so late I finished this mini saw bent about a month ago. This project was for Semester 1 Lesson 6 Project of the Hand Tool School. I have no need for a saw bent but needed to practice the joints (which are mortise and tenons). So, I just made it small so I didn't have to use up the wood and doesn't take the shop space.

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Layout Square

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    Sorry I've been neglecting this blog. A few weeks ago I finished my layout square it's not perfect, it is a shop tool after all but I'm still proud of it.

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This Mornings Estate Sale Finds

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    Well hit the first of my estate sales for the year this morning.  Here are my finds.

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Update: after some playing and cleaning the hand drill has bits in the handle, the combo square is dead on, and the black handle saw is my fist Adkins.

Shooting Boards

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   The Project for Semester 1 Lesson 4.1 of The Hand Tool school is a miter Shooting board. I made a few changes like having plane slides and I used a wedge for the board stops that I saw at Close Grain.

While I was at it I made a normal shooting board also.

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Miter Box

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  Part of the 4th lesson in the Hand Tool School is groves. Groves are basically dados with the grain of the wood. The project that goes with this lesson is a miter box. I was really dreading this this project because of the accuracy involved in making sure the the saw guide cuts are square and true also I didn't have a good square with a 45 degree edge. So, I made one out of a scrap wood. The box was put together in a day and let the glue dry over night. The next day I flushed up all the edges and cross beams made the guide cuts the it work out great. Width and depth are a bit small for the saw I plan to use it for. The project was a great confidence builder. I am really happy with it and I'm sure it will see some use.

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A little box

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      After I received my plane order I made a small box to hold my router plane and its parts out of some cedar fencing cutoffs I had laying around. My better half just loved it for some reason she even joked about stealing it. So with some of the extra figured maple I made her a little keep sake box for her.

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